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FILM PRODUCER HAS DIED AT 77

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Richard D. Zanuck

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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Film producer Richard D. Zanuck, who won the best
picture Oscar for "Driving Miss Daisy" and was involved in such blockbuster
films as "Jaws" and "The Sting" after his father, Hollywood mogul Darryl F.
Zanuck, fired him from 20th Century Fox, died of a heart attack at his
Beverly Hills home Friday.

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Richard  Zanuck, right, with Steven Spielberg on the set of Jaws

 

 

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TODAY IN HISTORY ~

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HARRISON FORD IS 70 TODAY

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Harrison Ford was born in Chicago, Illinois. His career has spanned six
decades and includes roles in several Hollywood blockbusters Star Wars
trilogy, the Indiana Jones film series. Five of his films have been inducted
into the National Film Registry. In 1997, Ford was ranked No. 1 in Empire‘s
"The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.

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Harrison Ford & Steven Spielberg on the set of Indiana Jones
and the Temple of
Doom, 1984

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MR. TV WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1908

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      Milton Berle (Milton Berlinger) (July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002)

Comedian/actor Milton Berle was the host of NBC‘s Texaco Star Theater from
1948 to 1955. He was the first major American television star and was known to
millions of viewers as "Uncle Miltie" and "Mr. Television" during TV’s golden age.

 
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FORMER TEEN IDOL IS 81 TODAY

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TAB HUNTER 
attends The DVD release of  'The high and the Mighty' at Paramount Studios
Los Angeles, USA - 12.07.05
Credit: (Mandatory) Dimitri Halkidis / WENN (Newscom TagID: wennphotos097586)     [Photo via Newscom]

Actor/singer Tab Hunter (Arthur Andrew Kelm) became one of
Hollywood’s top young romantic leads, starring in over forty major  
films. He had a 1957 hit record with the song "Young Love", which 
was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for six weeks and became 
one of the larger hits of the Rock n’ Roll era.

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